Ngishiya ezingcono kakhulu izingcaphuno zikaJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), uMongameli wamashumi amathathu nanhlanu wase-United States, abaningi ababembheka njengophawu lwezifiso namathemba aphakade aseMelika.
Ungase futhi ube nentshisekelo kulezi zicaphuno ezivela kubantu bomlando noma mayelana nenkululeko.
Labo abalokotha behluleka kabuhlungu bangaba khona okukhulu.
- Sikhethe ukuya eNyangeni kule minyaka eyishumi futhi senze ezinye izinto, hhayi ngoba zilula, kodwa ngoba zinzima.
Umuntu angafa, izizwe zingavuka futhi ziwe, kodwa imibono isaphila. Imibono inokukhuthazela ngaphandle kokufa.
Ushintsho umthetho wempilo. Futhi labo ababheka okwedlule noma kwamanje kuphela ngokuqinisekile bayolikhumbula ikusasa.
-Isikhathi sokulungisa uphahla yilapho ilanga libalele.
Ukungazi komvoti oyedwa embusweni wentando yeningi kulimaza ukuphepha kwawo wonke umuntu.
N Sidinga amadoda akwazi ukuphupha izinto ezingakaze zibe khona.
-Isintu kumele siqede impi ngaphambi kokuthi impi iqede ubuntu.
-Indoda yenza okufanele ikwenze, naphezu kwemiphumela yomuntu, naphezu kwezithiyo, naphezu kwezingozi, naphezu kwezingcindezi. Futhi lezi izisekelo zakho konke ukuziphatha komuntu.
Amandla anamandla kakhulu emhlabeni namuhla akuwona ubukhomanisi noma ubunxiwankulu. Futhi akulona ibhomu le-hydrogen noma imicibisholo ejikijelwayo. Isifiso somuntu saphakade siwukuzimela nokukhululeka.
Okuwukuphela kwesiqiniseko esingaguquki ukuthi akukho okuqinisekile noma okungaguquki.
-Umfana uchitha isikhathi sakhe ezama ukuthola intombazane azolala nayo. Indoda yangempela ichitha isikhathi sayo ibheka owesifazane okufanele avuke naye.
Indlela engcono kakhulu yenqubekelaphambili yindlela yenkululeko.
Umzamo nesibindi akwanele ngaphandle komgomo nesiqondiso.
-Intando yeningi nokuzivikela akuthatheli omunye esikhundleni somunye. Noma eyodwa iyodwa izohluleka.
-Ezimeni ezinzima, naka ingozi, kodwa qaphela ithuba.
-Uxolo izitha zakho, kodwa ungakhohlwa amagama azo.
N Amalungelo abo bonke abantu besilisa ayancipha uma amalungelo omuntu oyedwa esongelwa.
Mngane wami waseMelika, ungabuzi ukuthi izwe lakini lingakwenzelani; zibuze ukuthi yini ongayenzela izwe lakini.
N Kufanele sithole isikhathi sokuma sibonge abantu abenza umehluko ezimpilweni zethu.
N Ingane eziphethe kabi iyingane elahlekile.
Uma umphakathi ungakwazi ukusiza abaningi abampofu, awukwazi ukusindisa abambalwa abacebile.
Labo abenza ukuvukela okunokuthula kungenzeki bazokwenza ukuvukela okunobudlova kungenakugwenywa.
Ukuvumelana kungumgcini wenkululeko kanye nesitha sentuthuko.
-Ukunqoba kunamakhulu obaba, kanti ukuhlulwa kuyintandane.
-Sijabulela ukunethezeka kwemibono ngaphandle kokukhathazeka komcabango.
-Ubuholi nokufunda kubalulekile phakathi kwakho.
N Ungakhulekeli impilo elula, thandazela ukuba yindoda enamandla.
-Uma singakwazi ukuqeda ukungezwani kwethu, singakwazi okungenani ukusiza ukwenza umhlaba ube indawo ephephile yokuhlukahluka.
– Inkululeko ngaphandle kokufunda ihlale isengozini, nokufunda ngaphandle kwenkululeko kuhlala kuyize.
-Akufanele nanini sixoxisane ngokusekelwe ekwesabeni. Kodwa akufanele neze sesabe ukuxoxisana.
- Akufanele sibheke impendulo ye-republic noma yentando yeningi, kodwa kufanele sibheke impendulo efanele. Akufanele sifune ukusola okwedlule. Kumelwe samukele umthwalo wethu wemfanelo ngekusasa.
-Asikwazi ukuxoxisana nabantu abakholelwa ukuthi okungokwami okwami futhi okwakho yikho okuxoxiswana ngakho.
-Ukuthula kuyinqubo yansuku zonke, inqubo yamasonto onke, inqubo yanyanga zonke, kancane kancane ishintsha imibono, iqeda kancane izithiyo ezindala, yakha buthule izakhiwo ezintsha.
-I am an idealist ngaphandle kokukhohlisa.
-Ngaphandle kwempikiswano, ngaphandle kokugxekwa, akukho hulumeni futhi alikho izwe elingaphumelela futhi alikho i-republic engasinda.
Ubuciko buyintando yeningi enkulu, bubiza ubuhlakani bokudala bayo yonke imikhakha yomphakathi, ngaphandle kokuhlukaniswa kohlanga noma inkolo, ingcebo noma umbala.
Lapho amandla eholela umuntu ekuzikhukhumezeni, izinkondlo zimkhumbuza ukulinganiselwa kwakhe.
-Uma kungenjalo thina, ubani? Uma kungenjalo manje, nini?
Akumelwe sikhohlwe ukuthi ubuciko abulona uhlobo lwenkulumo-ze; kuwuhlobo lweqiniso.
– Ukubekezela akusho ukuntula ukuzinikela ezinkolelweni zothile. Kunalokho, ilahla ukucindezelwa noma ukushushiswa kwabanye.
N Akuzona zonke izingane ezinethalente elifanayo, amakhono afanayo noma ugqozi olufanayo, kodwa kufanele zibe namalungelo afanayo okuthuthukisa amathalente azo, amakhono nezisusa zazo, ukuze zibe ngezabo.
"Inqubomgomo yokufika kwabantu kwamanye amazwe kumele ibe nesandla esivulekile, enobulungiswa, futhi eguquguqukayo. Ngomgomo ofana nalona, singabuka umhlaba kanye nesikhathi sethu esidlule ngezandla ezihlanzekile kanye nonembeza ohlanzekile."
- Noma ngabe abancane emoyeni noma basha, amalungu eqembu lentando yeningi akumele nanini alahlekelwe yilowo moya wobusha ngemibono emisha kanye nomhlaba ongcono, okuyikhona okusenze saba bakhulu.
- Ukube osopolitiki abaningi babazi ngezinkondlo, futhi ukube izimbongi eziningi zazi ngepolitiki, nginesiqiniseko sokuthi umhlaba ubungaba indawo engcono yokuhlala.
- Kumelwe sibhekane neqiniso lokuthi i-United States ayiyena umninimandla onke noma owazi konke, nokuthi asikwazi ukuphoqelela intando yethu komunye u-94% wesintu.
N Isizwe asizivezi kuphela ngabantu esibakhiqizayo, kodwa nangamadoda esibahloniphayo nalabo esibakhumbulayo.
Incazelo yamaGreki asendulo yenjabulo yayiwukusebenzisa ngokugcwele amandla awo ngomugqa wobuhle.
Izinkinga zezwe azinakuxazululwa abantu abangabazayo noma abagxeki abambono wabo ulinganiselwe ngamaqiniso asobala. Sidinga abantu abakwazi ukuphupha izinto ezingakaze zenziwe.
Bonke abakhileyo kule planethi kufanele bacabange ngosuku lapho le planethi ingase ingahlali khona. Izikhali zempi kumele ziqedwe ngaphambi kokuthi zisiqede.
-Izindleko zenkululeko zihlala ziphakeme, kodwa abantu baseMelika baye bakhokha njalo. Futhi kunendlela eyodwa esingasoze sayikhetha, futhi leyo yindlela yokuzinikela noma yokuzithoba.
Inhloso yemfundo ukuthuthukisa ulwazi nokusabalalisa iqiniso.
Isitha esikhulu seqiniso ngokuvamile akuwona amanga akholisayo, amabomu, okwenziwa, nangathembekile, kodwa inganekwane ephikelelayo, ekholisayo, nengenangqondo.
N Kufanele sisebenzise isikhathi njengethuluzi, hhayi njengosofa.
"I-Geography yasenza omakhelwane. Umlando usenze saba ngabangane. Ezomnotho zasenza saba ngabalingani, futhi isidingo sasenza saba ngabangane. Labo uNkulunkulu abahlanganise, ngeke sivumele umuntu ukuba abahlukanise."
Inqubekelaphambili yethu njengesizwe ngeke ibaluleke ukwedlula inqubekelaphambili yethu kwezemfundo. Ingqondo yomuntu iwumthombo wethu oyisisekelo.
N Bonke omama bafuna ukuthi amadodana abo akhule abe ngomengameli, kodwa abafuni abe ngosopolitiki kulolu hlelo.
-Ngezikhathi zobunzima basekhaya, amadoda anenhliziyo enhle nephanayo kufanele akwazi ukubumbana, kungakhathalekile ukuthi iliphi iqembu noma ipolitiki.
-Ngincamela ukusolwa ngokwephula isisekelo kunokwephula izithembiso.
- Izinkinga zethu zenziwe ngabantu, ngakho-ke, zingaxazululwa ngumuntu. Ayikho inkinga esidalweni somuntu esingaphezu kwesintu uqobo.
Ubunye benkululeko akukaze busekelwe embonweni ofanayo.
Ukukhula komnotho ngaphandle kwenqubekelaphambili yomphakathi kushiya iningi labantu ebuphofini, kuyilapho abambalwa abakhethekile bethola izinzuzo zenala ekhulayo.
-Ukuthamba kwethu okwandayo, ukuntuleka kwethu kokuqina komzimba okwandayo, kuwusongo ekuvikelekeni kwethu.
-Uma ubuciko buzondla izimpande zamasiko ethu, umphakathi mawushiye iciko likhululekile ukulandela umbono walo noma yikuphi lapho limyisa khona.
Ukufaneleka komzimba akusona nje esinye sezihluthulelo ezibaluleke kakhulu emzimbeni onempilo, kodwa kuyisisekelo somsebenzi wobuhlakani oshukumisayo nonokudala.
-Siboshelwe olwandle. Futhi lapho sibuyela olwandle, ukuze sihambe ngomkhumbi noma sibheke, sizobuyela lapho sivela khona.
Kunabantu abaningi emhlabeni abangaqondi ngempela—noma abathi abaqondi—iyini inkinga enkulu phakathi kwezwe elikhululekile kanye nezwe lamaKhomanisi. Mabeze eBerlin!
N Ekuboniseni ukubonga kwethu, akumelwe nanini sikhohlwe ukuthi ukwazisa okukhulu akukhona ukusho amazwi, kodwa ukuphila ngawo.
N Asilapha ukuzolahla ubumnyama, kodwa ukukhanyisa ikhandlela elingasihola kulobo bumnyama sibheke ekusaseni eliphephile neliphusile.
-Yebo kuwumsebenzi omkhulu; kodwa angazi muntu ongenza kangcono kunami.
Asizibophezele kunoma iyiphi ifomula engaguquki. Futhi asizifuni izixazululo eziphelele. Asigodli ngoba singabakhululekile.
-Luhlobo luni lokuthula esilufunayo? Kusho ukuthini ukuthula kweqiniso, uhlobo lokuthula olubuyisela ukuphila eMhlabeni kulokho okufanele ukuphila, uhlobo oluvumela abantu nezizwe ukuba zikhule, zibe nethemba, futhi zakhele izingane zabo ukuphila okungcono?
-Ungakhohlisa bonke abantu ngesinye isikhathi, ungakhohlisa abanye abantu ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa awukwazi ukukhohlisa bonke abantu ngaso sonke isikhathi.
-Ngicabanga ukuthi leli iqoqo lethalente elingavamile kakhulu, lolwazi lomuntu, elake latholakala e-White House, ngaphandle okungenzeka ukuthi uThomas Jefferson wayedla yedwa.
Asesabi ukuthemba abantu baseMelika ngamaqiniso angajabulisi, imibono yangaphandle, amafilosofi angaphandle komhlaba, namagugu aqhudelanayo.
- Sivame ukunamathela emazwini okhokho bethu. Sibeka wonke amaqiniso kusethi yokuhumusha esenziwe ngaphambili.
-Izinto ezimbili: iholo lihle futhi ngiyakwazi ukuhamba ngezinyawo ukuya emsebenzini.
Isibindi sempilo ngokuvamile siwumbukwane ongemuhle kakhulu kunesibindi somzuzu wokugcina; kodwa ayiyona nje ingxube ebabazekayo yokunqoba nezinhlekelele.
-Impi engenamibandela ayisakwazi ukuholela ekunqobeni okungenamibandela. Ngeke isasetshenziselwa ukuxazulula izingxabano… ngeke isaba ukukhathazeka kwamandla amakhulu kuphela.
-Isibopho sethu esijwayelekile ukuthi sonke sihlala kulo mhlaba. Sonke siphefumula umoya ofanayo. Sonke siyalazisa ikusasa lezingane zethu. Futhi sonke singabantu abafayo.
-Umfowethu uBob akafuni ukuba kuhulumeni, wathembisa uBaba ukuthi uzoya ngqo.
Izinkinga eziyisisekelo ezibhekene nezwe azinaso isixazululo sezempi.
Uma ngokuthi “inkululeko” besho umuntu obheka phambili futhi ongabuyeli emuva, umuntu owamukela imibono emisha ngaphandle kokusabela okujulile…
Yiphindaphinde kaningi ngokwanele futhi izixuku zizokubheka njengeqiniso.
Imitapo yolwazi kufanele ivulekele wonke umuntu ngaphandle kwesihlungi.
Uma lesi sizwe sizohlakanipha njengoba sinamandla, uma sifuna ukufinyelela esiphethweni sethu, sidinga eminye imibono emisha ukuze amadoda ahlakaniphile afunde izincwadi eziningi ezinhle emitapo yolwazi eminingi yomphakathi.
-Siyakwamukela ezincwadini ezinempikiswano kanye nababhali abaphikisanayo.
-Umuntu oyedwa angenza umehluko futhi wonke umuntu kufanele azame.
N Yonke ingcebo yethu yezinto ezibonakalayo izosisiza kancane uma singayisebenzisi ukwandisa amathuba abantu bakithi.
- Ubulungiswa bubambezelekile intando yeningi inqatshiwe.
-Ebusika kuphela ongakwazi ukusho ukuthi yiziphi izihlahla eziluhlaza ngempela. Kuphela uma umoya wosizi uvunguza ungakwazi ukwazi ukuthi umuntu noma izwe liqinile yini.
Khumbula ukuthi abaholi bokuqala abakhulu besizwe sakithi nabo babeyizazi zethu zokuqala ezinkulu.
-Awukho umphakathi wezintambo onquma ukuzibulala ezweni lonke.
-Umuntu useyikhompyutha engavamile kunawo wonke.
Isenzo sezepolitiki siwumthwalo wesakhamuzi omkhulu kakhulu.
- Ubukoloni, ngezindlela zabo ezinzima kakhulu, akukhona nje ukuxhashazwa kwezizwe ezintsha yizindala, izikhumba ezimnyama ngokukhanya, noma ukunqotshwa kwabampofu ngabacebile.
Ukuxhashazwa nokuthotshiswa kwababuthakathaka ngabanamandla, kwabaningi ngabambalwa, kwababuswayo abangazange bavume ukubuswa, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izwekazi labo, isigaba sabo, umbala wabo.
-Wayenesifiso esingapheli ngezwe lakhe okwamenza waba usongo ekuthuleni komhlaba, kodwa wayenempicabadala ngaye ngendlela ayephila ngayo nangendlela yokufa kwakhe okuyophila futhi kukhule emva kwakhe.
Isisekelo sikahulumeni osebenzayo ukwethenjwa ngumphakathi.
-I-United States Air Force iyangiqinisekisa ukuthi ama-UFO awabeki usongo ku-National Security.
-Izwe linamandla njengezakhamuzi zalo kuphela. Futhi ngikholwa ukuthi impilo yengqondo neyomzimba, amandla engqondo nawomzimba, kuyahambisana.
-Sekuyisikhathi sobuholi besizukulwane esisha.
– Sikholwa wukuthi uma amadoda enekhono lokusungula imishini emisha ebashiya bengasebenzi, banalo ithalente lokuwabuyisela emsebenzini.
- Kulabo abathola okuningi, kulindeleke okuningi.